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The port city of
Ambon, on Laitimor Peninsula on the eastern side of the bay, is about 8 miles (13 km) from the harbour’s outer entrance. The capital of Maluku province, it was known under the Dutch for its wide, tree-lined streets; stone houses; and imposing public buildings, including a hospital, a church dating from earliest settlement, and Fort Victoria, built in the early 17th century and...